^{2 Ref} Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:

^{3 Ref} for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

^{4 Ref} and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

^{5 Ref} Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

^{6 Ref} He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.